The day after Diao Mao died.
In the morning, Xun Xie was practicing the exercises when Huang Yi and Rong Ran came over, followed by more than a dozen farmers.
"Eldest Brother, some people are looking for you." Huang Yi rubbed his hands together and smiled.
Xun Xie's gaze fell on the leading farmer and asked, "What's the matter?"
The farmer nodded and bowed: "In recent days, the crops in the field have always been damaged by wild boars. We implore Lord Xun Xie to help out us farmers."
The wild boar here is a kind of exotic beast, which is extremely fierce, and has thick skin and flesh, so it is difficult for bows and arrows to penetrate their fur.
Ordinary people can't do anything about wild boars at all, and sometimes they get killed by wild boars.
Xun Xie frowned, raised his head, and asked Huang Yi, "Isn’t it the work of the gang to protect the crops?"
Huang Yi nodded and said, "That's right, but after the Viper Gang disbanded, no one took over their territory, and there was no one to protect the crops."
To be precise, it's not that no one takes over.
The anti-snake alliance led by Du Shisan has always existed, but the rivers and lakes have their own rules. Eastern Dragon was killed by Xun Xie, and the site of the Viper Gang should belong to Xun Xie.
Du Shisan and the others couldn't beat Xun Xie, how could they dare to take over?
Speaking of which, Huang Yi continued: "Elder Brother, should we form a gang? In your name!"
Xun Xie pondered deeply.
In fact, Huang Yi and others could do the matter of forming a gang, but the tragic deaths of Di Renjie, Si Luoyan and others in front of them were still vivid in their eyes as they had witnessed the horror firsthand, so they didn't dare to be the first bird for the next calamity that might move into this town.
If the new coach also makes trouble and grabs territory, who will be the next to die?
As a result, he Xun Xie instead became the person who "is concerned".
Xun Xie nodded and said, "Okay, you build up the gang as soon as possible and protect the crops."
Huang Yi was overjoyed. With gangs, they could justifiably collect protection fees.
As such.
The crops of the common people are guaranteed, and they also have a considerable amount of income, which can provide for martial arts training expenses, and each takes what he needs.
Soon, the "Phantom Kill Gang" made a grand debut.
The reason for this name is because Xun Xie kills people without anyone seeing the details, which is impressive.
Xun Xie became the leader of the gang, but he was actually just a name, well a figurehead but not a figurehead, he was in charge but he allocated the work to everyone, in a different world such a thing would be idiotic as he risked his men plotting and betraying him and swindling away his money, but in this world based on strength, as the strongest beneath the coaches in the town, no one would dare.
So.
Nothing to do.
However, you can get the highest share of the gang, ranging from 32 to 100 silver taels per month.
It's so easy to get money, and you don't even have to worry about money anymore.
Thus, Treasure Seeker was replaced in this area at the very least.
"This is the role of fame, and wealth is rolling in."
Xun Xie couldn't help but think of those celebrities, internet celebrities, and scholars in academia, didn't they all make money like this?
“Treasure seeker old pal, it seems we have one last unfinished business before you take a vacation.”
***
Xun Xie came to the well-guarded mansion once more and slipped through the guards with the cloak of invisibility.
He quickly made his way to the underground area where the saber was buried and placed it black bag that he came with. As a certified movie and novel consumer in his previous life, naturally he wouldn’t do such stupid things like wasting precious seconds admiring the beauty of his new weapon giving time for ill events to occur.
He quickly grabbed it, chucked it in and didn’t even bother looking for more leaks.
Brother Treasure Seeker didn’t say anything so that meant there was nothing else here. He had blind faith in his ability and it had proven its prowess more than once, he ahd no reason to doubt, besides time was ticking and this was a big mansion, fortunately he was quick on his feat with his high cultivation.
Feeling the blood energy rush through his body like a cool wind and concentrated adrenaline slushing about outside of its domain, his muscles loosened and his blood energy soared as he vanished from the area without so much as a sound.
Tut tut tut
Tut tut
Tut
“Madam we’ve been here for a while and subtly investigated that Hu Piao throughly and found nothing. I think it's time we left this place and moved on to another.” A soft voice pleaded in exasperation obviously very distressed.
Huh…
Xun Xie stopped in his tracks hearing something interesting concerning him.
“Move on? To where soul-type heritages are all very rare beneath the refining gods sects and schools which we have no room to get in touch. These down-and-out martial arts doors with thin connections to the spirit and great history are the best we can do.” A charming voice slowly sighed powerlessly.
“But..but..”
“I know, we’ve been looking for years now and my grandfather isn’t any closer to be being saved. I never had much hope for Hu Piao anyway, it’s just him to represent the entire school, the core of the inheritance is obviously elsewhere. No predecessors would have left him any artifacts. There was little hope until a few days ago when I caught wind of something…”
“Could it be that genius that suddenly appeared in his lineage, that Xin Xiu or whatever?”
“Of course not, this level of genius is not noteworthy, it’s actually not directly related to them but they might be helpful considering it concerns a Ruling Spirit Monarch Tiger and also something directly related to our purpose…”
“A Ruling-” Before he could hear them finish Xun Xie forced himself to leave.
It wasn’t 10 000 secs but 1000 secs of invisibility that he had won today.
This forceful eviction caused him to feel unfilled and he couldn’t help but feel that he had to advance his other plans a bit concerning his other cheat ability.
They are here specifically for the old man?
And now something with the Ruling Spirit Monarch Tiger…
How intriguing…
But who was not noteworthy you silky-voiced female bats!
"God of the Earth, this lowly villain is here to give you a high incense again. The Viper Gang has all died. They got what they deserved and died well. Thank the God of Earth for showing his power..."
"God of the land, please bless New Yin Village with good weather and good harvest this year..."
In Yin Village.
As the news of Diao Mao and others' deaths spread, the villagers there became more and more convinced of the power of the landlord and worshipped him every day.
Sensing this Xun Xie couldn’t help but become overjoyed, what careful considerations? What plans and calculations! They assumed by themselves and offered themselves on a platter!
Clouds of incense lingering...
Xun Xie swallowed and inhaled the incense, strengthening his Yin spirit.
"It’s about time."
Xun Xie invited Huang Yi and instructed him to build a land temple near the market.
Huang Yi's work is reliable, and the land temple is also easy and cheap to build. It only took ten days to build, and it was quite homely.
Xun Xie opened his mouth and spat out the seal and stamped the seal on the newly-built Temple of the Earth!
Seal the land with his enclosure!
In an instant, Xun Xie became the land god of Blue Grain Town.
Xun Xie had pondered for a long time, making moves and gaining believers requires him to start putting out, hiding his face mysteriously would cause more harm than good considering he knew all the powerhouses in this town. So doing things above board was best.
The excuse of his family taking care of the land temple in his own town and him being lucky since he was a child, free from diseases and such should be enough for his actions. If anyone asked more, he would insist that was all.
The next step is to encourage the people to worship him, as the God of the land.
The method is simple.
While advocating that the land God can bless good weather and good harvests;
On the other hand, there is something affordable. If you often go to worship the God of earth, you can reduce the protection fee for one month every year as the gang are the followers of his holiness’s apostle.
After these two sets of operations, the newly built Earth Temple was full of incense, and hundreds of people came to pray every day.
Common peasants were simple minded after all, were this the modern age tricking the hardened social animals with battle scars from the internet would be very difficult en masse.
A few problems came up but they were easily handled and the sh*t stirrers were replaced with part-time undercover agents who mixed with the crowd as one of their own and did some promotion.
Competent sleeper agents.
Xun Xie is happy!
There is an endless stream of incense, which can be absorbed almost every moment, nourishing the yin and spirit uninterruptedly.
The use was still unknown but it felt like that one time he did cocaine, without the crippling addiction or harmful health shenanigans.
Xun Xie's small days were naturally extremely pleasant!
Bliss Bliss Bliss~
***
***
In the blink of an eye, winter is gone, and spring is here.
At this time, Xun Xie had already fully comprehended the fourth level of Ruling Spirits Gong.
According to Old Man Hu, in order to break through from the fourth level of blood energy to the fifth level of ‘light like burning sun’, not only must you accumulate several times as much blood energy,
but you must also undergo a special transformation of yang change, and a secondary transformation unique to each martial arts and the process will be relatively slow due to the great difficulty and depth of quality of change required in one’s blood energy.
Even if he is an incomparable one-in-a-million genius, it is estimated that he will have to work hard for a few years as this was not based on just comprehension. Some people are stuck at the 4th level of blood strength for the rest of their lives as they haven’t grasped the right opportunity to begin their change.
Xun Xie is not in a hurry; he just needs to practice step by step. Although sadly his lovely chewing gum grass are extinct. Oh, the horror!
Xun Xie couldn’t help feeling pity and despair of losing someone precious to him.
On the other hand, a piece of good news is that Old Man Hu has finally started to teach Xun Xie's weapons. Fortunately, he had gotten the saber in advance although that was the requirement but first, he was to master general weapons and get a feel for whatever he might fight against. Say what you want about Old Hu, his teaching method was quite comprehensive and not lacking in any area.
"Eighteen kinds of weapons, swords, spears, swords, and halberds.”
To learn weapons, start with knife training!
Because the sword is the "gut of a hundred soldiers", the swordsmanship is wide open and closed, with few changes and strong power, so it is suitable for those who are beginners to learn weapons. It is relatively easy to master and powerful in actual combat. This is the basic foundation for our special move. And the link between it and Tiger Hair Like Thread Palm if you are to use it with your saber. "
Old Man Hu twitched his beard and said, "There are thousands of blade techniques. But the basic foundational technique we shall be learning is "Chopping Nails"."
"Chopping nails?" Xun Xie listened carefully.
I saw that Old Man Hu turned his hand and took out a nail and stuck it on the ground with the pointed end facing the sky.
"Alright..."
Old Man Hu held a heavy tiger-headed sword, weighing eighty-six catties, cut it down with one sword, and took advantage of the situation to put the sword into its sheath.
Swish!
Xun Xie's eyes narrowed, and he picked up the nail. The nail cracked and split into two from top to bottom in his hand.
"Good swordsmanship!"
Chopping nails, as the name suggests, is to cut the nails with one knife.
Such a heavy sword, such a slender nail, has to be cut from the pointed end and cut in half, the difficulty can be imagined.
Xun Xie took a deep breath, his heart faintly excited.
Chopping nails +1
Chopping nails +1
Chopping nails +1
…
In the Great Clarity state, Xun Xie's practice of swordsmanship is naturally a rapid and quick stroke.
Swing the knife 30,000 times a day, and keep going!
In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.
Early spring, the Song mansion.
In the courtyard where Xun Xie lives, there is a red top plum tree.
Just this morning.
In the cool wind, the last plum blossom on the tree left the branches, swirled and swirled, and fell on the ground full of hoarfrost.
Look around, there are knife marks all over the ground!
"Finally, it's done!"
Xun Xie looked at the nail that was divided into two in his hand, and slowly let out a breath of turbid air, which turned into strands of white air and dissipated.
If the mastery of a martial art is divided into the first glimpse of the door, entry, integration, mastery, pinnacle, and perfect.
Then, Xun Xie has already practiced the nail-cutting knife technique to a level of perfection, which is a level stronger than that of Old Man Hu's pinnacle, approaching the ultimate perfection.
“Okay time for the moment of truth, our most lethal move that can fell hundreds of foes with ease. ‘Nine Tigers Broken Door Knife’ our signature move. Let’s begin. This technique is divided into four layers: Thousand phantom knife field, Parallel tiger stripes slashes, Tiger breaks the inner doors and Nine tiger images sweep the world.”
“Cough, since I can’t do the latter 3, you’ll be learning the practical aspect of the first layer and the theory of the latter 3. Let’s start.”
“The thousand phantom knife field was invented to slay armies and evil spirits in a one versus many situation, each slash must be pronounced and the strength must not decrease, the thumbs must be loose but palms tight and firm first…”
Xun Xie was bubbling with excitement although he was slightly bummed the old coot couldn’t do the last three moves but thousand critical xie could handle it no problem, so it doesn’t matter.
Finally going to use a sword, so he can look handsome while fighting!
Well, more handsome.
***
A few days later.
The willow branches sprouted...
On this day, the new coach sent by the Hei Yun family finally arrived, and there were four in total.
Because Diao Mao died suddenly, one more teacher was sent, and there were still eight coaches, with the intention of guarding all directions.
It was only then that Xun Xie learned that the four new coaches were all temporarily appointed by the Hei Yun family with some not even actual ‘teachers’ and they would not live in Blue Grain Town for long. When this crisis was over, they would leave.
Coincidentally, all four instructors were invited to live in Mr. Song's mansion.
It seems his background was a bit deeper than he had expected.
"Xiao Xun, come here."
A dignified and beautiful woman appeared beside Mr. Song.
When Xun Xie saw her, he was amazed, she was so beautiful, she had a graceful figure, and her skin was as white as porcelain, with a soft luster.
What kind of martial artist was this?
Were was the sign of hardship.
More importantly, was a drooping bosom that slightly exposed some cleavage, the two budding mountains and her S-shaped figure were a lethal combination.
Hum quite shapely!
I approve.
10 points. No, 18 points!
The commoners he’d met and noble women he saw in this countryside town were incomparable to this bright moon goddess who had a royal demeanor like a calm big sister with many siblings.
Whatever was in the air here, or was it here martial arts style was quite nourishing as well, he had never seen anyone so beautiful in his two lives.
Superstar, model, actress…no hidden beauty away from worldly woes and vices.
Mr. Song introduced: "This is the new coach, whose surname is Leng Mingyuan. You can call her Aunt Leng."
That pulled Xun Xie back to reality, yes, he wasn’t skinny anymore, but he was still a child sigh. Whatever, women only affected the speed he drew his sword!
Leng Mingyuan said angrily, "I'm not even thirty-six years old, what aunt, I'm not too old to be called elder sister."
Mr. Song was ashamed and continued: "I'm sorry, Xiao Xun, it's better for you to call Sister Leng."
"Hello, sister!" Xun Xie hurriedly saluted.
Mr. Song nodded: "Xiao Xun, your sister Leng is also a walker. She can see abnormalities and has been exposed to them many times. You can communicate with her more."
Xun Xie was instantly over the moon!
